(May 15, 1:43am)

Elections are no more the thrilling leisure time spent as a teen, speculating and betting over the outcome.. As a journalist, it's dreadful in fact..

I return quite late in the night.. there is absolutely no energy to think much, leave alone penning your thought in ink.. which is why there have not been any blog entries for a couple of weeks..

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But today, I thought I should at least let you know I have not given up over blog posts.. That I can never.. This blog has been my best friend, and my most bankable comfort-giver in bad times..

My regular, old readers would know, how much I have shared here in the past.. and some of you would understand how much this must have helped me in coping up..

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Anyway, no relief is going to come on 16th when the results for the 16th parliamentary elections are announced...

There would be government formation, and we all would have to run around, filing reports about the new ministries..

If the mandate is not clear, the process would only spread into more number of days... the toil would, too!

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Anyway, I may be leaving this kothi flat which I had taken last month... The flat is good, but there is always this house owners trying to keep a watch...

This is not the place where I can write my novel.. That would require more privacy, more serene environment..

Let me see, if I can get a good, high rise apartment... sometimes, I like looking into the sky.. watch birds flying around.. think about how life must be to them..

Think about the stars, gaze peacefully on to the moon beam... alone.. undisturbed... These provide me the preface to my thought, preface to my imagination..

I can't do that from my 1st floor balcony, with a road beneath it.. people would talk!

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By the way, Madhuri Dixit turns a year more glamorous and accomplished today.. 15th May!

Happy Birthday to the Diva... Hope she signs a couple of films more.. good films!

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(April 28, 12:00am)

The elections are taking a toll really... Omar is not giving me an interview, and Jyotiaraditya Scindia too  is elusive..

And a couple of guys who have agreed, are not in Delhi at present... I am running out of my ideas now.. The office wants exclusives.. I have none..

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The house is slowly being done.. but the pace annoys me... I like everything done quick.. at once...

But because of office responsibilities, coupled with my own ill health for a few days, it was all stagnant..

Anyway, I will clean up the house by month end.. and may be I will get a cook from 1st of next month... That will be quite a relief..

I cannot depend on eating outside.. In food habits I am purely a Bengali.. Unless I have rice and curry, I feel listless..

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(April 20, 10:17pm)

Slowly doing up the house... Got the curtains laid... and I'm almost through with kitchen too.. I guess I would be keeping a maid from 1st of next month..

Was down with viral.. so couldn't really blog...

And then, I sometimes feel always trying to do everything in a complete and finished matter obstacles my other concerns..

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Such as, okay I had viral.. but I think the real reason I couldn't blog was, I was waiting that let the house be done up perfectly first..

This stopped me from blogging, and this passion to have one important thing done perfectly, and only then venturing on the next, makes me lose my focus on different thing that may have got some, if not major, attention..

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But that has been a case since childhood... I cannot do anything with 80 percent efficiency and completeness..

It had to be always 90 percent and above...

And it's not just about other things getting hindered.. It also affects my health badly... Like if I decide to do the wardrobe, I will do it in a day, even if I have an appreciation that the work requires a couple of days or more..

I will cut out on all other activity... Very strangely, eating too... I wouldn't even stop to have lunch or supper... The work becomes my sole focus...

The same applies when I am writing..

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Let's see.. I am trying to do things lest fastly, and less perfectly... Doesn't mean, I would compromise with quality..

But I am trying to develop the understanding, that perfection need not be applied in all of one's works.. It should be exclusive to the work which are more significant...

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(Apr 14, 10:42am)

I am still settling down in the house... got a decent kurlon double bedsheet with pillow covers... got pillows and long curtains, too,,

I just hope I get some time to buy kitchen utensils and other miscellaneous items.. It's so hectic these days, due to election..

I have got the stove and the gas cylinder, too.. Then I need to set up the pooja place as well... For wchich I need to buy framed photos of the Gods and the Goddesses...

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Trying to get another big interview with some politician.. Tha's part of the election specials we are running.. But, no lock so far..

I think once I have done the house, it will be very comfortable.. and very peaceful too.. It's a beautiful house..

With trees peeping in onto the balcony... The lanes outside are fairly broad and very neat.. with clusters of beautifully designed kothis surrounding the vicinity..

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(April 10, 8:59am)

Shifted to my new house in Noida... It's a beautiful, spacious and airy one bhk...

And a 12-14 minute walk from a metro station in the blue line..

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Still in the process of settling down, and the marketing etc need to be done on workdays, which is proving tiring..

Specially, since I have to do this in the morning, before I leave for office... in the evening I'm not home.. I return only at 9:30..

But this being a good society, many things are available on order.. They deliver items at your doorstep without charging you anything additionally..

I got the grocery, stove and gas cylinder delivered... On my day off, which may be on Saturday, I am planning to buy utensils, and other everyday commodities..

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Office is good, but very hectic... Which is why I could not blog the last few days..

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(Apr 6, 10:31am)

Got a house.. a good one... but will talk about it later..

Getting late for office.. Have to Cover Rahul Gandhi's rally and press meet today..

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(Apr 3, 10:58pm)

The Jaswant Singh interview was a big hit today... It was also circulated to many other publications, which published it too...

And credited me with a byline... Received applaud from so many friends and seniors.. even from those who I generally do not talk to..

But not getting the right house here.. Tried in South Delhi.. but nothing good came across..

Will be seeing some properties in Noida tomorrow.. Im sure the Goddess will help me out,..

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